The crack in the sun is growing rapidly? Giant crack on the Sun

The knowledge of an ordinary inhabitant of the planet Earth about his luminary varies very much. From the fact that the Sun is an ordinary, though native, star, to unconditional recognition of his divine essence, giving life. The truth is, as usual, somewhere in the middle. But nevertheless a crack in the sun caused panic among a considerable number of people. Let's see if it's really so terrible.

This star is called a yellow dwarf, but, being near the Earth, it shines incomparably more brightly than the full Moon. Its powerful energy of the Sun is due to constant thermonuclear fusion. Perhaps, it is because of this power that a giant crack appeared on the Sun.

sunlight

The constant radiation of the Sun is called the solar wind. It passes into heat, directly heating the surface and clouds of the planet, participating in the photosynthesis of organic and oxygen. The sun through plants gives food and oxygen to animals and humans. Fortunately, the deadly radiation for all living things is absorbed by the atmosphere. The ability of ultraviolet to cause pigmentation of the human skin affected the division of mankind into races, depending on the place of residence and, accordingly, the angle of incidence of the sun's rays on the earth's surface. Excess of the same ultraviolet leads to premature aging of the skin, the appearance of wrinkles and in severe cases to skin cancer. A crack in the Sun, according to many scientists, can also have a negative impact on human health.

The role of the Sun in the life of mankind

The development of human civilization is inextricably linked with the cult of the Sun. In most religions and cultures of the peoples of the world, it plays an important role, being an object of worship. Ra, Helios, Hors, Dazhdbog are just some names of a deity called Sun.

The sun will explode

Yes, but fortunately, quite soon, in 8 billion years, scientists suggest that not earlier. Interest in solar eclipses and sunspots reached its peak in 2012, in anticipation of the widely touted, solemn end of the world. What did not spill onto the pages of all publications, whether paper or electronic. The end of the world tried to bind to all events in the history of mankind, its religions, legends and epics. A true gift to pseudo-scientists, charlatans and fortune tellers who feed on the weaknesses, fears and ignorance of people, were the publication in August 2012 by NASA astronomers about the presence of a new formation on the Sun - a black strip, a crack nearly a million kilometers long. Naturally, the most gloomy assumptions were expressed in the spirit of the coming end of the world. Today, there is no need to repeat this nonsense. Although a fissure on the Sun was seen from the Earth, but this does not mean that humanity is threatened with an end.

The real astronomers from the Russian Academy of Sciences then immediately expressed their opinion that the formation of the Sun in the form of a thin black strip or crack, as journalists like it, is just a sunspot. Let it be of exceptional size, but not even a unique phenomenon. A similar spot was observed in October 2005, but then did not cause such an agiotage. Many argue that the crack on the sun is skyrocketing. This fact is not proved.

Solar eclipses

The history of the observations of the sun has lasted for centuries. The unprotected view of the Sun should be looked only in extreme phases - at sunset and sunrise, when its brightness is incomparably less.

The phenomenon, when the eternal companion of the planet Luna covers the luminary, is called a total or partial eclipse. In ancient times, people considered such an event a manifestation of the will of the gods. A solar eclipse, especially full or close to it, causes serious interest among many people, skilfully heated by the media. Over a century, according to astronomers, there are at least 240 eclipses, of which about 60 complete.

Sunspots

The sun has a magnetic field, changing the direction with time on average every 11 years. It is this field that causes effects called as:

• sunny Wind;
• Stains;
• Flashes.

Spots are the result of a sharp increase in the activity of the magnetic field of a star. Some of them reach the area of six times the diameter of the Earth in two days . The field strength suppresses the activity of charged plasma particles, so the spot temperature becomes lower than around it. This explains the local darkening seen from the Earth. Such formations are extremely unstable. When the magnetic field changes, they are destroyed, which leads to a powerful ejection of the flow of ionized gas of ultrahigh temperature. These are the so-called flashes on the sun.

Their dimensions are enormous. If the stream is directed toward the Earth, its magnetic field neutralizes it, and the remnants of the flow cause polar or northern lights and geomagnetic storms in the high and middle latitudes in the region of poles and high latitudes. Powerful flares often cause disruptions in the work of communication equipment, power systems, various electronic devices, contribute to exacerbation of many diseases in people sensitive to magnetic storms. Scientists in April 1947 recorded the largest group of sunspots in the history of observations, which could be seen at sunset with the naked eye. Its size was 36 surface areas of the Earth. A crack in the sun can also be considered such an education. Such phenomena occurred earlier, and will continue in subsequent years. They differ only in scale.

Than the crack on the Sun

A large spot on the Sun will eventually lead to a powerful flash. If the Earth is on the ejection path, then the most terrible thing that can happen is a powerful geomagnetic storm, beautiful northern lights, unfortunately, a headache in people sensitive to this phenomenon. But, of course, this is not the end of the world.

To summarize, it should be noted that a crack in the Sun can not form, because a star is a ball of high-temperature plasma or ionized gas, and it is impossible to represent a crack in a gas cloud by definition. Therefore, do not panic and read the tabloid press, which wants to develop another scandalous news. Russian scientists have made it clear that in the near future the sun will not cease to shine. Enjoy the warm days and stop worrying about the education that so excited the public.